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<p>[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2522862, member: 5066"]The table form is a Candle Stand, small 3 leg tables used for holding candles in the 17th-18th centuries.</p><p>The candlestand form pretty much went extinct at the end of the Federal period, 1790-1830 as oil lamps came into widespread use and required a more stable platform to prevent fire. Thus,4 leg tables called light stands (now called work stands) dominated the market from 1830 onwards into the 20th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="James Conrad, post: 2522862, member: 5066"]The table form is a Candle Stand, small 3 leg tables used for holding candles in the 17th-18th centuries. The candlestand form pretty much went extinct at the end of the Federal period, 1790-1830 as oil lamps came into widespread use and required a more stable platform to prevent fire. Thus,4 leg tables called light stands (now called work stands) dominated the market from 1830 onwards into the 20th century.[/QUOTE]
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